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Chem3D Users Manual - CambridgeSoft

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Appendix F: 2D to 3D Conversion<br />

Overview<br />

This section discusses how <strong>Chem3D</strong> performs the<br />

conversion from two to three dimensions when<br />

opening a ChemDraw or ISIS/Draw document,<br />

when pasting a ChemDraw or ISIS/Draw structure<br />

from the Clipboard, or when opening a ChemDraw<br />

connection table file. While <strong>Chem3D</strong> can read in<br />

and assimilate any ChemDraw structure, you can<br />

assist <strong>Chem3D</strong> in the two- to three-dimensional<br />

conversion of your models by following the<br />

suggestions in this Appendix.<br />

<strong>Chem3D</strong> uses the atom labels and bonds drawn in<br />

ChemDraw to form the structure of your model.<br />

For every bond drawn in ChemDraw, a<br />

corresponding bond is created in <strong>Chem3D</strong>. Every<br />

atom label is converted into at least one atom.<br />

Dative bonds are converted to single bonds with a<br />

positive formal charge added to one atom (the atom<br />

at the tail of the dative bond) and a negative formal<br />

charge added to the other (the head of the dative<br />

bond).<br />

+ -<br />

S O<br />

Stereochemical<br />

Relationships<br />

<strong>Chem3D</strong> uses the stereo bonds and H-Dot and<br />

H-Dash atom labels in a ChemDraw structure to<br />

define the stereochemical relationships in the<br />

corresponding model. Wedged bonds in<br />

ChemDraw indicate a bond where the atom at the<br />

wide end of the bond is in front of the atom at the<br />

narrow end of the bond. Wedged hashed bonds<br />

indicate the opposite: the atom at the wide end of a<br />

wedged hashed bond is behind the atom at the<br />

other end of the bond.<br />

Example 1<br />

In Example 1, the two phenyl rings are trans about<br />

the cyclopentane ring. The phenyl ring on the left is<br />

attached by a wedged hashed bond; the phenyl ring<br />

on the right is attached by a wedged bond.<br />

You can also use dashed, hashed, and bold bonds.<br />

However, you should be aware of potential<br />

ambiguity where these non-directional bonds are<br />

used. A dashed, hashed, or bold bond must be<br />

between one atom that has at least three<br />

attachments and one atom that has no more than<br />

two attachments, including the dashed, hashed, or<br />

bold bond.<br />

Example 2<br />

NH 2<br />

In Example 2, the nitrogen atom is placed behind<br />

the ring system and the two methyl groups are<br />

placed in front of the ring system. Each of these<br />

three atoms is bonded to only one other atom, so<br />

they are presumed to be at the wide ends of the<br />

stereo bonds.<br />

Appendices<br />

ChemOffice 2005/Appendix 2D to 3D Conversion • 239<br />

Stereochemical Relationships

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